Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Rountree, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Abram Rountree registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Abram Rountree
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Rountree
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "1st Paper in N.Y.C. 2nd Paper in S.C."
- Naturalized, when
- "1st Paper made in 1856 2nd Paper made Feb. / 69"
- Naturalized, where
- "2nd Dist. Court S.C."
- Signature, as written
- "J. Romlicu"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rountree in Walker County
- Lewice Rountreeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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